Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Will Rogers and US House Speaker John Nance Garner talk and laugh together
Title card: "Will Rogers Sets Congress Right On Wrong Questions - Noted humorist discusses vital subjects with Speaker Garner on visit to Washington" / VA Humorist Will Rogers (on right) and Speaker of the US House of Representatives...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1932 presidential candidates Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Title card: "Candidates Key Up the Public for Big Election Campaign - President and Mrs. Hoover receive Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt and committee at White House garden party" / WS group photo of President Herbert Hoover and First Lady...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Representative Henry Thomas Rainey and his wife Ella make New Years' resolutions for 1933 in Washington, DC
Title card: "Raineys tell their 1933 resolutions - Candidate for Speaker of House and his wife exchange pledges" / Henry Thomas Rainey and wife Ella standing next to one another in front of building for photo opportunity talking to one...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower speaks on defending civil rights and fighting discrimination in 1953 State of the Union address
VS President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers State of The Union address from podium in the well of the US House of Representatives chamber; behind him sit Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA);...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
French President Vincent Auriol speaks before Congress
Title "Pres. Auriol of France Before US Congress" superimposed over French President Vincent Auriol at podium, House Speaker Sam Rayburn seated behind / looking down on Congress in session, people seated in balcony / various shots MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt attends funeral for Speaker of the House Jo Byrns of Tennessee
MLS low angle view of US Capitol dome with American flag flying at half staff / MLS flag-draped coffin carrying body of Rep. Joseph W. Byrns Sr. (D-TN), Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is carried down steps of Capitol / MLS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
British PM Clement Attlee concludes speech to US Congress and receives standing ovation
MLS well of the House of Representatives chamber as British Prime Minister Clement Attlee speaks with House Speaker Sam Rayburn before returning to podium with Rayburn and VP Alben Barkley looking on / VS high angle shots of the floor of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Opening ceremony for Wheeler Dam, the third huge project of the TVA
Title: "The Camera Reporter" superimposed over Pathe News cameraman using movie camera / High angle WS cars driving over dam / MS three cars driving toward camera on dam "Wheeler Dam" written on overhead structure / MS section of dam...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower finishes his first State of the Union Address
Overhead shot of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower standing at podium on rostrum speaking, US Senators and Representatives sitting listening, two movie cameras in foreground during Eisenhower's first State of the Union Address in the House Chamber...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway appears before Congress
Title card: "Ridgway Reports to Congress" superimposed over General Matthew Ridgway in front of Congress / overhead of joint session of Congress with members filing in / Ridgway shaking hands with Vice President Alben Barkley and Speaker...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's State of the Union address over scenes of American life, industry
CU SOT Eisenhower speaking to Congress / speech continues over aerial city blocks / pedestrians crowd sidewalks and cross street, can see kiosk / WS birdseye view flat land, people, buildings / industrial structures, maybe shipbuilding /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's first State of the Union address
Title: "Eisenhower Spotlights… A New 'Year of Decision'" superimposed over the dome of the United States Senate / superimposed over people in map of United States "to advance the security, prosperity and well-being of the American...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands visits Washington, DC
Title card: "Washington Welcomes Queen Juliana" / portrait of Netherlands' Queen Juliana and husband Prince Bernhard / title card: "Queen Arrives with Husband Prince Bernhard" / KLM airplane "The Flying Dutchman" taxiing, with United...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Profile of retiring PM Winston Churchill making victory sign to crowd and speaking before the US Congress in the 1950s
CU side view retiring British Prime Minister Winston Churchill with cigar in mouth holds up hand in victory gesture / high angle Churchill waving from balcony to huge crowd below then makes victory gesture / high angle Churchill walks up...
Getty Images
John Boehner on possible government shutdown
John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner on possible government shutdown at Studio - US House of Representatives, US Capitol on March 31, 2011 in Washington, DC (Footage by Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Brazil speaker launches impeachment procedure against president
CLEAN : Brazil speaker launches impeachment procedure against president
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President of Mexico Miguel Aleman speaks to joint session of Congress
High angle views of US House of Representatives and President Miguel Aleman Valdes at rostrum during address to joint session of US Congress (he shakes hands with House Speaker Joseph Martin and Senate president pro tempore Arthur...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Miguel Aleman of Mexico addresses joint session of United States Congress
Mexican flag in breeze / Mexican president Miguel Aleman Valdes speaking then applause with Speaker of the US House Joseph William Martin and president pro tempore of the US Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg rise applauding / Aleman smiles...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US declares war on Germany in 1917
MS US Pres. Woodrow Wilson sits at desk, writes on document / CU declaration of war against Germany dated 4/6/1917 with Wilson's signature along with those of House Speaker Champ Clark and US VP (president of the Senate) Thomas Marshall...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mexican President Miguel Aleman speech before joint session of Congress
Mexico's President Miguel Aleman Valdes speaks with Speaker Joseph Martin and Senate president pro tempore Arthur Vandenberg behind; Aleman is addressing a joint session of the US Congress
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Franklin Roosevelt gives farm policy speech in Topeka, KS, during his 1932 presidential campaign
Title card: "Candidates Present U S Relief Plans - Speaker Garner introduces Roosevelt who talks on farm policy at Topeka" / Speaker of the House John Nance Garner at podium introduces New York Governor and Democratic presidential...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower delivers his first State of the Union Address to Joint Session of Congress in Washington, DC
Members of Congress in House Chamber rise to their feet applauding, pan across to Pres. Dwight Eisenhower on rostrum, Vice President Richard Nixon standing above him to the left, Speaker of House of Representatives Joseph W Martin, Jr....
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
in his 1953 State of the Union address, Pres. Dwight Eisenhower vows to strive for security and efficient government
VS President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers State of The Union address from podium in the well of the US House of Representatives chamber; behind him sit Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr....
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower discusses threat of Communism in 1953 State of the Union address
VS President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers State of The Union address from podium in the well of the US House of Representatives chamber; behind him sit Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA);...